PSTA Bus Rapid Transit

Project Description: Project will create Bus Rapid Transit routes, including stations to pay before entering the bus and transit signal priority on the routes.

Project Status: Planned

Project Stakeholders:

• City of St. Petersburg
• Pinellas County PWD
• Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority
• Regional Transit Management Agencies
• Travelers

Project Service Packages:

• PT04: Transit Fare Collection Management (Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority)
• PT09: Transit Signal Priority (PSTA Bus Rapid Transit)

Project Information Flows:

Information Flow	Source Element	Destination Element	Status
actuate secure payment	Regional Smart Card	Transit Kiosks	Planned
local signal priority request	PSTA Transit Vehicles	City of St. Petersburg Field Equipment	Planned
local signal priority request	PSTA Transit Vehicles	Pinellas County Field Equipment	Planned
request for payment	Transit Kiosks	Regional Smart Card	Planned
right-of-way request notification	City of St. Petersburg Field Equipment	City of St. Petersburg Traffic Control Center	Planned
right-of-way request notification	Pinellas County Field Equipment	Pinellas County Traffic Management Center	Planned
signal control commands	Pinellas County Traffic Management Center	Pinellas County Field Equipment	Planned
signal control status	Pinellas County Field Equipment	Pinellas County Traffic Management Center	Planned

Project Functional Requirements (Element - Functional Object):

• City of St. Petersburg Field Equipment - Roadway Signal Control
• 1: The field element shall control traffic signals under center control.
• 10: The field element shall receive request for transit vehicle signal priority.


• City of St. Petersburg Traffic Control Center - TMC Basic Surveillance
• 1: The center shall monitor, analyze, and store traffic sensor data (speed, volume, occupancy) collected from field elements under remote control of the center.


• City of St. Petersburg Traffic Control Center - TMC Signal Control
• 1: The center shall remotely control traffic signal controllers.
• 10: The center shall adjust signal timing in respond to a signal prioritization, signal preemption, pedestrian call, multi-modal crossing activation, or other requests for right-of-way.


• Pinellas County Field Equipment - Roadway Signal Control
• 1: The field element shall control traffic signals under center control.
• 10: The field element shall receive request for transit vehicle signal priority.


• Pinellas County Traffic Management Center - TMC Basic Surveillance
• 1: The center shall monitor, analyze, and store traffic sensor data (speed, volume, occupancy) collected from field elements under remote control of the center.


• Pinellas County Traffic Management Center - TMC Signal Control
• 1: The center shall remotely control traffic signal controllers.
• 10: The center shall adjust signal timing in respond to a signal prioritization, signal preemption, pedestrian call, multi-modal crossing activation, or other requests for right-of-way.


• PSTA Transit Vehicles - Transit Vehicle Signal Priority
• 1: The transit vehicle shall determine the schedule deviation and estimated times of arrival (ETA) at transit stops.
• 2: The transit vehicle shall send priority requests to traffic signal controllers at intersections, pedestrian crossings, and multimodal crossings on the roads (surface streets) and freeway (ramp controls) network that enable a transit vehicle schedule deviation to be corrected.


• Transit Kiosks - Traveler Fare Management
• 1: The public interface for travelers shall accept and process current transit passenger fare collection information.

Standards:

• US: NTCIP Signal Priority - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: NTCIP Signal System Masters - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: NTCIP Traffic Signal - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: SAE Signal Preemption - WAVE TCP

Project Operational Concepts:

Roles and Responsibilities

• Travelers
• Load transportation services payment application on mobile device.


• Regional Transit Management Agencies
• Support a regional payment card used by a traveler to pay for transportation-related services (e.g., parking fees, transit fares, traveler services).


• Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority
• Coordinate with the Pinellas County TMC, and the cities of Clearwater and St. Petersburg for traffic signal priority.


• City of St. Petersburg
• Operate traffic signal systems on municipal-owned arterials.
• Provide transit signal priority with roadside devices for PSTA transit vehicles.


• Pinellas County PWD
• Operate traffic signal systems on county-owned arterials.
• Provide transit signal priority with roadside devices for PSTA transit vehicles.